UPSC 2020: Weekly GK and Current Affairs Quiz Jul 25 - Jul 31

Which of the following is not a member of the European Union?

Which of the following is/are correct statements?

1. The Seventh Schedule of the Indian Constitution deals with the three legislative lists.
2. The Ninth Schedule of the Indian Constitution deals with the abolition of the Zamindari system.

The Dinesh Goswami Committee deals with which of the following?

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. A Minister ceases to exist as one if he is not a member of either house of Parliament for six consecutive months.
2. The Prime Minister decides the salary and allowances of the Council of Ministers.

Which among the following treaties established the modern border between Turkey and Greece?

Which of the following is/are correct about the Khelo India Programme?

1. Khelo India programme is an initiative of the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs.
2. Promotion of sports amongst people with disabilities is a component of the Khelo India programme.
3. It is a centrally sponsored scheme.

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. Ibadat Khana was built by Akbar at his palace in Fatehpur Sikri.
2. Ibadat Khana was an exclusive place for sacrifices.

Which of the following is/are correct about the World Bank Group?

1. The International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes is a part of the Group.
2. To join the World Bank Group, a country must first become a member of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Which of the following is/are correct about the International Court of Justice (ICJ)?

1. Only UN members can be parties to the Court.
2. The ICJ judges have a tenure of five years each.
3. It has no jurisdiction to try individuals accused of war crimes or crimes against humanity.

Which of the following is/are correct about the Ayushman Bharat programme?

1. It provides health insurance to eligible beneficiaries.
2. Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana is one of its components.

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. Revenue receipts are receipts received which cannot be recovered by the government.
2. Capital receipts consist of loans received from foreign governments.

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. The government needs parliamentary approval to withdraw funds from the Consolidated Fund of India after the expenditure is made.
2. The government does not need parliamentary approval to withdraw funds from the Contingency Fund of India.

Arrange the following in increasing order of their contribution to the tax revenues of the government:

1. Corporation tax
2. Income tax
3. Goods and Services Tax
4. Custom duties

Which of the following is/are correct with respect to the Indian pangolin?

1. It has large, overlapping scales over its body, which act as armour.
2. It displays volvation in self-defence against predators.
3. It is found in large numbers in India and is not threatened by human activities.

The government recently amended the General Financial Rules, 2017. What would be its immediate impact?

1. It imposed restrictions on public procurement on bidders from countries that share a land border with India citing grounds of defence & national security.
2. It mandates ‘country of origin’ labelling for e-commerce platforms.

Answer according to the codes given below:

The permanent settlement of Bru refugees is an issue between which two states?

Which of the following is/are correct?

1. India and Israel have close collaboration science and technology extending to the domains of space, water conservation and desalination.
2. Recently, both countries have agreed to work on developing rapid test kits for COVID-19.

Which of the following is/are correct about the Kigali Amendment?

1. It is an amendment to the Montreal Protocol.
2. It is related to the manufacture and usage of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

Which of the following is/are correct about Hydrofluorocarbons?

1. They are the most common kind of organofluorine compounds.
2. They do not cause ozone layer depletion.
3. They are used in air conditioning and as refrigerants.
4. They are not greenhouse gases.

India is a party to which of the following?

1. CITES
2. Kyoto Protocol
3. Vienna Convention for the Protection of Ozone Layer
4. Montreal Protocol

Consider the following statements with respect to Tianwen-1:

1. It is China’s first fully home-grown Mars mission.
2. It is China’s first Mars orbiter.
3. It consists of an orbiter and a solar-powered rover.

Which of the given statement/s is/are correct?

Bharni, Katchni, Tantrik, Godna, and Kohbar are distinctive styles of which of the following folk paintings?

Which of the following is the state animal of West Bengal?

Consider the following statements with respect to “Haloarchaea”:

1. It is a bacteria culture, which produces pink pigment.
2. They are found in water saturated with salt.

Which of the given statement/s is/are correct?

Arrange the following areas from West to East:

1. Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary
2. Doklam Plateau
3. Jakarlung
4. Pasamlung

Choose the correct option:

Which of the following is/are correct regarding the meta materials?

1. Meta Materials are artificially crafted with unique internal microstructures that give them properties not found in nature.
2. The constituent artificial units of the Meta Material can be tailored in shape, size, and interatomic interaction.

The Strait of Hormuz is a strait between

Which of the following regarding the Mauryan age is/are correct?

1. Establishment of well-organized state machinery for the first time.
2. Abundance of Northern Black Polished Ware.
3. Phase of rapid urbanization.

Which of the following paintings and sites is/are correctly matched?

1. Mara Vijaya – Ajanta
2. Padmapani Bodhisattva – Ellora
3. Kiratarjuniya – Lepakshi

Who authored Brihatsamhita, a famous work on astrology?